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15 May

An Introduction To Seasoning Meat Through Injection

If you are a fan of grilling food or barbecue catering, one of the tricky bits of grilling you might have come across might involve ensuring that your spices penetrate the deeper layers of the meat. Once you make the spices, for instance, you could simply spread them across the surface of the meat. However, this is not always ideal, since it usually means that most of it will just stay on the surface of the meat and not penetrate to deeper layers. 

You might also consider marinating the meat using the spices as well. However, even this has its limitations, and might lead the spices to penetrate for only a few millimeters into the meat. The next option would be to cure or brine the meat, but this requires you to keep the meat in the marinade for a few weeks, which is not always ideal. 

As you can see, most of these methods of making sure that the meat you are cooking gets the flavor you want are not ideal since they have a few limitations each. One quick way you can try out is by injecting. As the name suggests, this involves using a type of syringe and needle arrangements to inject the spices you need deep into the layers of the meat. 

The benefits of injecting

The benefits of doing so are obvious. For one, it’s a quick process. You don’t need to prepare the meat for too long. You only need to get the syringe, use it to place the spices in the beef and then give it a few minutes before grilling the meat. In addition to that, you will also find it to be very easy to do as well. It’s a practical, straightforward process and you don’t need any experience or special information to get it right. 

What you need 

You don’t need to buy a large number of new utensils in order to be able to inject beef you are thinking of grilling. The only thing you need to sort out is getting the syringe, which is not all that difficult. You should consider getting the ones that are made of metal, since they are usually very sturdy and will last a long time. They are most ideal for people who are likely to inject seasoning into beef on a regular basis. They are also very easy to clean as well. 

The size of the syringes you get is dictated by the application you will put them to. For instance, there are some people who regularly roast massive cuts of meat such as an entire hog. In such cases, it would be better for you to invest in a commercial injector device, so that you don’t have a hard time using it. These are designed to penetrate larger volumes of meat, and can usually hold a large amount of seasoning. Once you load it up, you could conceivably season an entire hog without having to keep adding the seasoning to the syringe. 

A few tips on how to get the most out of it

You can use the injector to inject a large number of products into the meat, including broth and stock, as well as melted butter. You can even use it to inject hot sauce, soy sauce and whiskey. 

One way to get the best results would be to avoid puncturing the meat too much. Once you have inserted the needle into the meat, you can turn it in different directions as you depress the plunger. This will ensure that all the material you are injecting will spread to larger portions of meat. Once you see some of it coming out of the initial injection port, you can then stop and inject another site.

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